Sphenooccipital crest

Crista sphenooccipitalis

Definition

The sphenooccipital crest (Crista sphenooccipitalis) is located on sphenooccipital suture, on the caudal border of the endocranial surface of the body of the basisphenoid bone, and is a more or less curved relief that gives attachment to the cerebellum tent and separates more deeply the cerebellar and cerebral parts of the middle cranial cavity.

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